Re: AS/400 Web Server

["R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr." <rbruceh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: Chris Whisonant <Chris.Whisonant@RHTelCo.com>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Thursday, June 29, 2000 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: AS/400 Web Server


>My manager appears pleased with the work we have done so far and we've been
given the task of setting it up as an internal corporate web server.  As I
mentioned above I need to work with the 2001 configuration or WRKHTTPCFG,
but I am wondering if through this we can set it up to map a "url", for lack
of a better term, internally so our employees do not have to enter the IP
address.
>


You speak of resolve...

The entry of the IP address is required because you don't have an entry in
the client browser machine's hosts file or a DNS server running in the
network with the name and address of the host.  The hosts file can get you
started, but you will have to set one up on every client machine.  For
testing, it works well, but for full functionality, the DNS is the way to
go.

The DNS setup on your own, private, intranet, using the 400, can be an
adventure, but as long as the DNS is not pointed to by another DNS on the
Internet and does not reference another DNS on the Internet, then you can
have a lot of *fun* with it.  ;-)

That is to say, if your network is isolated from the Internet, then go for
it.  If it is connected to the Internet, then 1- you may already have a DNS
through your ISP that you could have configured, or 2- you may have a DNS in
house somewhere that can be configured.  Just remember that experience and
care are required for Internet connected DNS servers.


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R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
 -- IBM Certified AS/400 Professional System Administrator
 -- IBM Certified AS/400 Professional Network Administrator
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Administrator
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - RPG IV Developer

"If all you have is RPG, then everything looks like a 400!"



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